Orapin Chaiyakan

Orapin Chaiyakan was the first Thai woman to be elected to hold a post in the Parliament of Thailand.[1][2] She was elected to become a member of the House of Representatives of Thailand on June 5, 1949.[1] of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Thailand.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sopchokchai, Orapin. Female Members of Parliament, Women's Political Participation at the National Level, Women's Political Participation in Thailand, TDRI Quarterly Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 1998, pp. 11-20
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Iwanaga, Kazuki. Women in Politics in Thailand, Working Paper No. 14, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, 2005